On Friday, we had our 13th Annual Christmas Baking Day, and it was a blast. We made 20 pint jars of homemade hot chocolate mix, Garrison and Amanda unwrapped all the mini-peanut butter cups and different kinds of Hersey kisses, Peyton did a great job measuring and mixing up the cookie dough, etc. Peyton had chosen a couple of new recipes off Pinterest. Peyton was ready to start at 8 a.m., and I think we finished around 2 p.m. Fun, fun, fun.
Ron and Chad traveled to Warrensburg to play golf at UCM golf course and had a great day for it - warm - Ron even wore shorts! In November!
We all went to Square 109 for dinner before attending the Lighted Christmas Parade on the square. After the parade, the kids visited with Santa and Mrs. Claus in the courthouse.
We woke up to no power on Saturday - the day of our Thanksgiving celebration! I was a bit panicked at first, because the chicken dish we were having had to bake for 3 hours, but no worries, it came back on a little after 8 a.m. We worked in dipping pretzel rods in the morning, and the kids had a great time playing beauty shop in the front room. We all had new hairstyles! We, of course, used our family autographed tablecloth. I had a few tears putting it on the table - seeing Mom and Daddy's signatures - but, it is a treasure! Mary has done such a wonderful job embroidering it each and every year. The kids loved seeing their signatures and their handprints from when they were babies and too small to sign their own name. Luckily, Mary has agreed to embroider it again this year even though they were unable to attend due to being on vacation on the East Coast. Our meal was delicious, and we enjoyed family time around the table.
It was wonderful to take a moment to count our many, many blessings. God is good!
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